GOD'S MERCY OPENS THE DOOR FOR GOD'S GRACE

MERCY:  GOD'S FORGIVENESS; NOT GETTING WHAT WE DESERVE

*FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH*

Psalm 13:5 - "But I have trusted in Thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation."

Psalm 32:10 - "Many sorrows shall be to the wicked:  but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about."

Psalm 51:1 - "Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions."

Psalm 85:7 - "Show us Thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us Thy salvation."

Psalm 86:5 - "For Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon Thee."

Psalm 109:26 - "Help me, O LORD my God:  O save me according to Thy mercy."

Psalm 147:11 - "The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, in those that hope in His mercy."

GRACE:  SALVATION; GETTING WHAT WE DO NOT DESERVE

**THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD**

John 1:14, 17 - "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of The Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth....For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ."

Acts 15:11 - "But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they."

Acts 20:32 - "And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified."

Romans 3:22-24 - "Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe:  for there is no difference:  for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus."

2 Corinthians 8:9 - "For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich."

Ephesians 1:6-7 - "To the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in The Beloved.  In Whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace."

Ephesians 2:7-9 - "That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:  not of works, lest any man should boast."

FAITH BELIEVES GOD'S MERCY SAVES US FROM HELL!

FAITH BELIEVES GOD'S GRACE SAVES US FOR HEAVEN!

*For all have sinned, and....the wages of sin is death - Romans 3:23; 6:23a

**...the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord - Romans 6:23b